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Upper Merion Township near King of Prussia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Glover’s Brigade

Continental Army

Valley Forge   December 19 1777   June 18 1778

 
 
Glover’s Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
1. Glover’s Brigade Marker
Inscription.
Division
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Glover’s Brigade
Brig. General John Glover
commanding

1st Massachusetts Infantry   Col. Joseph Vose
4th Massachusetts Infantry   Col. William Shepard
13th Massachusetts Infantry   Col. Edward Wigglesworth
15th Massachusetts Infantry   Col. Timothy Bigelow

 
Erected 1908 by Valley Forge Park Commission.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 40° 5.548′ N, 75° 26.26′ W. Memorial is near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Upper Merion Township. It is on North Outer Line Road east of Gulph Road (County Road 3031), on the right when traveling west. Marker is on the tour road in Valley Forge National Historical Park, near the National Memorial Arch. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 420 Gulph Rd, Wayne PA 19087, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Massachusetts Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Freemasons of Pennsylvania (within shouting distance of this marker); The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Maine (approx.
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0.2 miles away); DeKalb's Division (approx. 0.2 miles away); Poor’s Brigade (approx. ¼ mile away); Pennsylvania Columns (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named DeKalb’s Division (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in King of Prussia.
 
Also see . . .  Valley Forge National Historical Park. National Park Service website. (Submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.) 
 
Valley Forge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
2. Valley Forge Marker
Glover’s Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
3. Glover’s Brigade Marker
Glover’s Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010
4. Glover’s Brigade Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,233 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on May 27, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.   4. submitted on March 22, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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